officials here back off and wait until the fbi completed its investigation before, you know, saying what triggered the attack. today, as you say, the director of the national counter terrorism center in a hearing on capitol hill offered his own assessment. >> it evolved and escalated over several hours. t appears that individuals who were certainly well-armed seized on the opportunity presented as the events unfolded that evening and into the morning hours of september 12th. >> the attackers armed with rocket propelled grenades which suggest to officials here and elsewhere that they were not simply protesters. shepard? >> shepard: you know, wendell, france has been having internal problems among the folks regarding the muslims. now a french weekly has released car tunes that cartoons that depict mohammed in less than favorable light. >> the french are worried enough that they are closing diplomatic facilities in 2 o0 countries on fridays as a precaution. al qaeda group says this anti-islam film is proof that america's war on terror was really a war on islam. and it has called for more at